Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk (per 1,000 population) by country
Countries reporting
94
Highest
354.25
Benin
Lowest
0
Mayotte
Median
10.03
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,725
What the numbers show
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk (per 1,000 population) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 354.25 in Benin; the lowest is 0 in Mayotte.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.03, and the mean is 85.49.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 1,927.8%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 354.25 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 353.49 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 346.22 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 343.84 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 314.9 | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 305.14 | 2024 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 7 | Mozambique | 295.1 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 294.53 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 9 | Nigeria | 294.25 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 286.08 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 282.67 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 264.23 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 260.46 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 258.9 | 2024 | up 58.0% | falling |
| 15 | Madagascar | 255.45 | 2024 | up 413.0% | volatile |
| 16 | South Sudan | 254.08 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 16 | Türkiye | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 252.41 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 18 | Togo | 249.25 | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 227.73 | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 224.28 | 2024 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Congo | 221.02 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 22 | Chad | 206.14 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 195.77 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 24 | Gabon | 187 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 25 | Liberia | 172.34 | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 151.76 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 138.5 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 110.13 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Eritrea | 102.42 | 2024 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 98.25 | 2024 | up 164.8% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 77.14 | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Gambia | 75.44 | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 33 | Kenya | 74.17 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 34 | Mauritania | 69.55 | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 35 | Comoros | 62.79 | 2024 | up 1,927.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Somalia | 53.28 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 37 | Yemen | 52.17 | 2024 | up 71.5% | falling |
| 38 | Djibouti | 45.09 | 2024 | up 259.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Guyana | 38.74 | 2024 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 36.78 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.09 | 2024 | up 237.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 17.76 | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 15.19 | 2024 | up 174.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 14.78 | 2024 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Pakistan | 12.77 | 2024 | up 170.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 12.25 | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 11.36 | 2024 | down 88.4% | falling |
| 48 | Haiti | 8.7 | 2024 | up 143.3% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 7.2 | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Brazil | 3.75 | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 3.5 | 2024 | up 809.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 3.25 | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 2.23 | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 54 | India | 1.48 | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 55 | French Guiana | 1.44 | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 1.04 | 2024 | up 285.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 0.8605 | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Thailand | 0.5793 | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.5546 | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Philippines | 0.3531 | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 0.2337 | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0.2105 | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 0.2004 | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.1911 | 2024 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Republic of Korea | 0.1768 | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 0.1337 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 0.1148 | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 0.0959 | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 0.037 | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Cambodia | 0.0257 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 0.0043 | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Armenia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Belize | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Bhutan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | China | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Georgia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Iraq | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Oman | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Suriname | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Mayotte | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 321.89
- Western Africa 275.15
- Middle Africa 286.11
- Côte d'Ivoire 267.95
- Sub-Saharan Africa 234.94
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 189.91
- Africa 202.19
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 183.3
- Eastern Africa 175.92
- Melanesia 152.88
- Oceania 152.88
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 152.88
- United Republic of Tanzania 136.72
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 64.35
- World 63.95
- Developing regions 63.95
- Northern Africa 23.85
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.79
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 21.53
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.83
- Western Asia 15.91
- Asia 2.93
- Caribbean 5.51
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.18
- South America 5.49
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.5051
- Americas 4.26
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.26
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1331
- Viet Nam 0.0032
- Southern Asia 3.45
- Timor-Leste 0
- Syrian Arab Republic 0
- Central and Southern Asia 3.39
- South-Eastern Asia 2.7
- Southern Africa 1.72
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1.23
- Central America 0.582
- Cabo Verde 0.1392
- Eastern Asia 0.0097